CNN is so dishonest these days. They have to spin everything from Trump and Barr with the most negative spin they can, even if it isn’t true. Here’s a chyron from today:
Just another 2020 chyron. pic.twitter.com/3JiMkviMWD
— MJ Lee (@mj_lee) September 17, 2020
And just another CNN lie. That’s not at all what AG Barr said. Here are his exact comments:
Attorney General Bill Barr says, other than slavery, coronavirus stay-at-home orders are the "greatest intrusion on civil liberties in American history." https://t.co/63Cj4yD4HZ pic.twitter.com/zCfvxEKgMp
— CBS News (@CBSNews) September 17, 2020
And just for context, here’s a much longer clip:
AG Bill Barr on lockdowns: "Other than slavery, which was a different kind of restraint, this is the greatest intrusion on civil liberties in American history." https://t.co/d5S6he1RQ4 pic.twitter.com/EH983LxFVR
— The Hill (@thehill) September 17, 2020
Barr isn’t comparing the stay-at-home orders to slavery and he’s not saying these stay-at-home orders are like slavery. He’s simply pointing out that, other than slavery, it’s the biggest intrusion on civil liberty that Americans have ever seen. I would only slightly disagree given how ‘intrusive’ abortion is to the unborn, to put it one way. But I get his point. And they do too. They are just lying in order to come up with a reason to attack him.
Even Jake Tapper is pushing this nonsense with hack Preet Bharara:
.@PreetBharara: Barr's comparison of COVID lockdown to slavery is offensive & absurd pic.twitter.com/SrzULxtbl7
— The Lead CNN (@TheLeadCNN) September 17, 2020
Even that chyron from Barr about comparing junior members of the DOJ to preschoolers is dishonest. He’s not calling them preschoolers. He’s only saying that it’s absurd to allow junior members of the DOJ to set the agenda, suggesting it might be a better strategy for a preschool:
AG William Barr: “Letting the most junior members set the agenda might be a good philosophy for a Montessori preschool, but it is no way to run a federal agency.”
Barr compares DOJ rank and file prosecutors to preschoolers. @PeteWilliamsNBC reports: https://t.co/U4UZMHn7bF pic.twitter.com/5Hd4y5AIWO
— NBC News NOW (@NBCNewsNow) September 17, 2020
Remember when CNN put out that ad saying that they won’t call an apple a banana? Where did that CNN go, because that’s exactly what they are doing to AG Barr’s comments.
I’ll leave you with what Barr said about Black Lives Matter:
AG Bill Barr: "These so called Black Lives Matter people… they're not interested in Black lives." pic.twitter.com/SDV4zAPxj5
— The Hill (@thehill) September 17, 2020
Exactly right!